f4703 cc641	Hampshire v Essex
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 24th, 25th June 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 87 runs
Points	Hampshire -1; Essex 1
Umpires	RO Clayton, W Draper
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 4/0 (Steele 3*, Soar 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP McGahey	b Heseltine	53
HA Carpenter	b Light	73
PA Perrin	c Baldwin b Heseltine	36
+TM Russell	c Heseltine b Light	16
AJ Turner	c Robson b Webb	33
AP Lucas	c Light b Hill	70
*HGP Owen	b Webb	3
CJ Kortright	c Barrett b Baldwin	24
W Mead	b Baldwin	41
FG Bull	c Robson b Hill	0
H Pickett	not out	5
Extras	(11 b, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 138.4 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-160, 3-186, 4-186, 5-236, 6-248, 7-281, 8-357, 9-357, 10-367 (138.4 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Soar	19	2	74	0	-	-
Baldwin	42.4	15	87	2	-	-
Hill	14	3	48	2	-	-
Heseltine	20	7	37	2	-	-
Steele	10	1	29	0	-	-
Light	21	5	61	2	-	-
Webb	12	6	18	2	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Steele	c Kortright b Bull	3
T Soar	b Bull	8
VA Barton	c Mead b Kortright	2
EIM Barrett	b Kortright	4
AS Webb	c McGahey b Bull	6
AJL Hill	lbw b Mead	37
*+C Robson	c Perrin b Bull	28
RA Bennett	b Mead	30
C Heseltine	c Russell b Bull	4
WF Light	run out	14
H Baldwin	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-15, 3-15, 4-21, 5-25, 6-88, 7-119, 8-132, 9-134, 10-147 (58 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	14	4	27	2	-	-
Bull	29	6	71	5	-	-
Mead	15	4	38	2	-	-

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Hampshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+C Robson	b Bull	2
AJL Hill	b Mead	4
VA Barton	b Mead	31
EIM Barrett	st Russell b Bull	6
AS Webb	b Mead	14
RA Bennett	c Perrin b Bull	27
DA Steele	lbw b Mead	9
WF Light	c Pickett b Bull	15
H Baldwin	c Lucas b Mead	15
C Heseltine	b Mead	3
T Soar	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-8, 3-17, 4-48, 5-71, 6-95, 7-101, 8-124, 9-133, 10-133 (57.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	29	7	76	4	-	-
Mead	28.4	7	50	6	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AJ Turner made his debut in first-class matches
--> AJ Turner made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AP Lucas (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 60
--> W Mead (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> WF Light made his debut in first-class matches
--> WF Light made his debut in County Championship matches
--> W Mead reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> W Mead reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> W Mead reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings

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